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How to root the Tecno W5 Lite

How to root the Tecno W5 Lite

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hovatek
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24-04-2017, 10:37 AM

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The Tecno W5 Lite (e.g W5Lite-H8010A1-M-161027V178) is an MT6580 powered phone running on Android 6 (Marshmallow)

How to root the Tecno W5 Lite

Dump your firmware in scatter format using Miracle Box @ https://www.hovatek.com/forum/thread-13347.html
Download SuperSU 2.78 @ https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=457084094631642692 and save to both phone storage and SD card
Create a new folder named Hovatek on your PC
Copy preloader.bin from your Miracle Box backup into the Hovatek folder
Download Philz for Tecno W5 Lite ported by Team Hovatek @ https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4S-Z72...BBNTQ/view
Copy the Philz recovery.bin and scatter file from the Philz zip file downloaded above into the Hovatek folder, making peloader.bin, scatter file and recovery.bin (Philz) in the folder
Flash the preloader.bin and recovery.bin using Miracle Box @ https://www.hovatek.com/forum/thread-14106.html
Boot the phone into recovery mode (Vol up + Power) after flashing
In Philz recovery, you use the Volume buttons to navigate and Power button to select
Select Install Zip
Navigate to the location of the SuperSU2.78.zip on the SD Card and select it
Wait till flashing is complete
If you are prompted to fix root, select No
Reboot the phone normally
Confirm Root by installing and running Root Checker @ https://play.google.com/store/apps/detai...heck&hl=en

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This post was last modified: 21-10-2019, 11:00 AM by hovatek.

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flawa6060
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22-04-2019, 05:32 AM

#2

please what should i select in the BOOT SELECT chipset type box?

This post was last modified: 22-04-2019, 05:36 AM by flawa6060.

hovatek
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22-04-2019, 01:00 PM

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(22-04-2019, 05:32 AM)flawa6060 please what should i select in the BOOT SELECT chipset type box?

leave it as Auto 4th boot
if you still have any other problems then create a new thread
see https://www.hovatek.com/forum/thread-514.html for how to create a thread

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flawa6060
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07-05-2019, 04:21 AM

#4

Wow! Wow! Thanks alot! It worked for me. I appreciate

This post was last modified: 07-05-2019, 04:22 AM by flawa6060.

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